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The smarter bomb : women and children as suicide bombers / Anat Berko ; translated by Elizabeth Yuval.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berko, Anat, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women suicide bombers.
- Child suicide bombers.
- Suicide bombers--Psychology.
- Suicide bombers.
- Martyrdom--Islam.
- Martyrdom.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--1993-.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This compelling book offers a unique glimpse into the motivations of suicide bombers, especially women and children, and those who recruit and dispatch them. As a woman and a mother, Anat Berko was able to win the trust of imprisoned bombers and speak with them intimately. Entering Israel's most heavily secured cells, she met with female and adolescent would-be suicide bombers and their dispatchers, lawyers, and interrogators. The personal stories are greatly enriched by the inclusion of the sketches and letters many prisoners gave to the author. She explores vital questions surrounding the fo
- Contents:
- Afterword: Disrobe for a Terrorist Attack-Is the Shaheeda a Heroine?Acknowledgments; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 25, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4422-7859-5
- 1-283-94066-3
- 1-4422-1954-8
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